Senior White House reporter, cnn senior White House reporter, Kevin Liptack with some details and kevin, we are waiting to get the feed of what President Biden has had to say. So forgive me if i have to interrupt up to you, but tell us what youve heard so far. Yeah. And we did hear that he took some questions about the situation in the Middle East, so we will see exactly what he had to say, but he is convening this Cabinet Meeting for the first time in almost a year, and it is striking just how different his circumstances are from a year ago, of course, hes no longer a candidate for president and his message in this meeting to his top officials is that he wants them to sprint to the finish line. Essentially that the Race Isnt over on his presidency. And certainly the Middle East is part of that. He has been trying to negotiate a Ceasefire Deal that would add, heres President Biden congress to pass a continuing resolution its critical we have ten days for congress to pass a shortterm Fu
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Voting later this month. It means a good portion of you have made up your mind, but there are some still left deciding out there and we know that because the polling is changing. Harris is inching ahead nationally and in key battlegrounds including Sun Belt states so who are those folks and how much change is still possible in these next furious few weeks . Joining us now at the big board, Nbc News national political correspondent, the one and only, steve kornacki. So where are we today, steve . Look at it from two vantage points. Nationally, this is the average of the national polls coming out of that Labor Day weekend. Harris, 48, trump, 45. Threepoint advantage for the democrats. Theyre happy to be ahead and in a different position than they were when Joe Biden was their candidate. He was basically trailing Donald Trump all year. But for republicans, theres solace in these numbers, too, because Donald Trump is no stranger to this kind of a set up. Labor day. Being a little behind. T
I think trump will struggle to win over the independents, whereas i think Ron Desantis can do so. Reporter with trumps dominant 30point lead, all eyes now on the close race for second. Nikki haley just one point ahead of Ron Desantis, who has been betting big on iowa holding more events than Trump And Haley combined. If you caucus for us on monday, i promise you our best days are yet to come. Reporter but the biggest challenge could be getting voters to show up on Monday Night for whats expected to be the coldest Caucus Day on record. How do you think it will affect turnout . I think its really going to affect it. Im really concerned about that. Reporter its unusual for the frontrunner to be off the Campaign Trail for so long during the final strechl. The former president will only hold One Campaign event tomorrow. No republican has ever won in a contested Iowa Caucus by more than 12 points. Right now Donald Trump is up by 30